The Torches

a washington, dc-based band

MUSIC & VIDEOS
& upcoming events:


SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 2011
Nerd Nite | DC9
w. lectures about "Vets, pseudoscience, and...lemur poo"

MONDAY 19 DECEMBER 2011
The Galaxy Hut!

SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2012
Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian

Here comes! In just six days. The Six Days of Late Pre-Holiday December.

Here comes! In just six days. The Six Days of Late Pre-Holiday December.

More info about this Saturday’s NerdNite Show

From our friends of DC’s NerdNite: “December Nerd Nite is almost here, and on our two year anniversary of Nerd Nite DC (yay!) we have an exciting line up for you, featuring pseudoscience, the diversity of veterinary medicine, and an in depth discussion of…lemur poo…

Where: DC9, 1940 9th St NW
When: Saturday December 10, doors: 7PM
Tickets: http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/16457.aspx
On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/278786112168022/

This just in: The Torches playing Nerd Nite on Saturday, December 10th. More info to come!

Because sharing an event has become somehow obscured by Facebook, we share that we are playing tonight, in Charlottesville, at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar (click CO-PILOTS // GD AIRLOCK // TORCHES // TEREU TEREU for more info)

Because sharing an event has become somehow obscured by Facebook, we share that we are playing tonight, in Charlottesville, at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar (click CO-PILOTS // GD AIRLOCK // TORCHES // TEREU TEREU for more info)

FAA Food-Drive! feat. The Torches, Ryan Brosmer, Club 27, Ehren Chon

The Torches play in Fredericksburg TONIGHT! At Read All Over Books. It will be an excellent time. Come with canned goods and get in for free.

Redead last year’s Torpedo Factory Offrenda show, featuring T.V. John, and the Torches, marching, yelling and generally carrying on whilst T.V. John does his thing.

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Here we go. Ugly Purple Sweater release an album. We will be playing at that release. This show is happening very soon.

Here we go. Ugly Purple Sweater release an album. We will be playing at that release. This show is happening very soon.

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This Halloween, un-be yourself with The Torches. And Pet Parade. And IOTA.

This Halloween, un-be yourself with The Torches. And Pet Parade. And IOTA.

Information About: The Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival

Here’s how this thing is going down.

We are playing at 7pm. It’s FREE.

The address and info on the place where we are playing is as follows:

1342 U St NW
(between N 13th St & N 14th St) 
WashingtonDC 20009
Neighborhood: U Street Corridor
(202) 299-0443www.desperadosburger.com

Here’s the line up for Saturday:

3pm – The Wild Hunt
4pm – Box Elders (Baltimore, MD)
5pm – Dear Creek (Winchester, VA)
6pm – Patrick McGrath (NYC)
7pm – The Torches (DC)
8pm – Rob Gentry (NYC)
9pm – Johanna and the Dusty Floor (Brooklyn, NY)
10pm – Eastern Phoebes (Long Island, NY)
11pm – Marionette (non-local headliner) (Richmond, VA)
Midnight - The Revolving Birds  – (non-local headliner) (Virginia Beach, VA)

And here’s some press about the festival:

HUGE Washington City Paper piece (Cover Story)
Washington Post (Going Out Gurus) blurb
OnTap Magazine Washingtonian
Washington City Paper blurb
FREE IN DC blurb
WAMU/NPR piece from the inaugural fest in June 

We’ll be happy to see you there.

“There are three venues along the U Street NW corridor (The Islander, Dynasty, and Dukem) and two closer to Logan Circle (Lalibela and Caribou Coffee). You can find a full list of bands on the STPP website; local participants include Mercies, The Cinnamon Band, Drawbridges, Dangerosa, Shark Week, Once Okay Twice, The Echo Wall, Rene Moffatt, The Torches, Nunchucks, and more. Lalibela’s lineup even includes Mesfin Worku, the Ethiopian restaurant’s house band. Expect anything and everything, apparently. (The festival is still adding acts.)” (via Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival Announces Lineup - Arts Desk)

“There are three venues along the U Street NW corridor (The Islander, Dynasty, and Dukem) and two closer to Logan Circle (Lalibela and Caribou Coffee). You can find a full list of bands on the STPP website; local participants include Mercies, The Cinnamon Band, Drawbridges, Dangerosa, Shark Week, Once Okay Twice, The Echo Wall, Rene Moffatt, The Torches, Nunchucks, and more. Lalibela’s lineup even includes Mesfin Worku, the Ethiopian restaurant’s house band. Expect anything and everything, apparently. (The festival is still adding acts.)” (via Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie Festival Announces Lineup - Arts Desk)